The waiter appeared like magic from the kitchen with a steaming hot lunch.

服务员像变幻术似地从厨房里端出一份热气腾腾的午餐。

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Some appeared like apparitions and were never seen again.

有的则如幽灵般出现而后又消失，再也不见。

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He appeared like a young philosopher meditating on the futility of games.

他的样子活像一位年轻的哲学家，思考着孩子们游戏的无用性。

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That recommendation has the backing of Republican legislators like Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, who also appeared on Fox News Sunday.

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Here's one climbing out of the pool: First her face appeared, long and cadaverous, with a bandage-like bathing cap coming down almost to her eyes, and sharp teeth protruding from her mouth.

有一个女人从游泳池中出来了，首先是她的脸，修长,而惨白，如绷带般的泳帽从她的头部,耷拉到她的眼睛，锋利的牙齿从她的口中突出。

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Suddenly the city has appeared like a mirage, its hills all bathed in a soft, golden light.

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Bank of America bought Countrywide, which appeared like insanity at the time, and probably was.

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Early in his career, Fisk might have appeared like a wacky wizard working in a secret laboratory in the Texas Hill country mesquite brush.

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